Mississippi Solo

Which of the following reveals that this story was a memoir (autobiographical)?

• First Person Pronouns (I, Me, My)

• Figurative Language (Similes, Metaphors etc)

• Sequence of events (Chronological)

• Sentence fragments

What Evidence in the text supports the author's past?

• "I reached out to the sturdiest tree I could get my arms around and held on"

• "Each change had something to say, and I listened to the river"

• "I guess I'd had enough hard days to last me awhile"

• "Nothing else mattered then, going someplace or not"

The author thinks of the river as what?

• an obstacle

• a friend

• an inspiration

• an enemy

How did the author first know that a storm was approaching?

• The river was changing colors

• The water sloshed into his canoe

• He passed through a pocket of warm air

• The river whispered , " Get ready, get ready"

Which of the following is an example of the author's use of simile?

• The river kept me company and kept me satisfied. Nothing else mattered

• The tips of the trees bent way over....like fishing rods hooked on a big one

• I passed through the far curtain of the insulated air

• The trees swooshed loudly as the leaves and branches brushed hard together

What was the conflict of the story?

• The author's canoe was sinking

• The author was in danger from a big storm

• The author was bored

• The author was trying to visit a sick relative

Why did the author first decide to move toward the trees?

• It was an instinct

• He thought he could hold on if his canoe started sinking

• He thought he could fix the canoe with the wood

• It's something he had wanted to do since he was a kid

Which of the following lines comes from the story's CLIMAX?

• "The day turned gray and strange"

• "No singing, no thinking, no talking to myself. Just feeling"

• "The storm was directly overhead"

• "It (the storm) was gone as suddenly as it had risen"

Which of the following lines come from the story's RISING ACTION?

• "The day turned gray and strange"

• "No singing, no thinking, no talking to myself. Just feeling."

• "The storm was directly overhead"

• "It (the storm) was gone as suddenly as it had risen"

Which of the following lines comes from the story's RESOLUTION?

• "The day turned gray and strange"

• "NO singing, no thinking, no talking to myself. Just feeling"

• "The storm was directly overhead"

• "It (the storm) was gone as suddenly as it had risen"